After the defeat of Jakan by Pug and his comrades, the SerpentWar still continued and Fadawah and his army invaded Yabon. Jorna, who had long ago left the body of the Emerald Queen and taken the form of Kahil, the advisor to Fadawah, performed a great spell to raise the dead in order to fight for Fadawah and this spell was heard as a prayer by Nalar and the Dark God sent Zaltais from the seventh chamber to Midkemia to make sure that everything advances as planned. When Pug, Tomas, Nakor and Miranda entered Fadawah's headquarters in Yabon, they were challenged by Zaltais who called himself an angel sent by the Gods - no doubt that it was not the Gods but only Nalar who sent him.